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This invention relates to hetero-phase polyolefin compositions comprising: a) 30 to 99.7 wt % of a polypropylene-based TPO comprising at least 50 wt % propylene and at least 10 wt % ethylene, and b) 0.1 to 20 wt % of one or more non-functionalized plasticizer, and c) 0.2 to 50 wt % of one or more filler; based upon the weight of the composition, and having: i) an MFR of 5 dg / min or more, and ii) a flexural modulus of 500 MPa or more, and iii) a notched Charpy impact strength at −30° C. of 1 kJ / m2 or more or a notched Izod impact strength at −18° C. of 50 J / m or more.These compositions are especially useful in applications such as automotive parts that demand both high stiffness and high impact toughness, as well as good processibility during fabrication.

PCT No. PCT / JP96 / 01775 Sec. 371 Date Jan. 31, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Jan. 31, 1997 PCT Filed Jun. 26, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO97 / 01863 PCT Pub. Date Jan. 16, 1997A crystalline semiconductor layer can be formed by forming a semiconductor film on an inexpensive conventional substrate. Next, perform a first annealing process in which nearly the entire surface of the semiconductor film is exposed to laser irradiation or other forms of irradiation, and then perform a second annealing process consisting of rapid thermal annealing. This enables the formation of a high quality crystalline semiconductor film with high throughput but without subjecting the substrate to undue thermal stress. When this invention is applied to thin film transistors, good transistors having high performance are easily fabricated. When this invention is applied to solar cells, energy conversion efficiency is increased.

The systems and methods described herein include a microfluidic chip having a plurality of microfeatures interconnected to provide a configurable fluid transport system for processing at least one reagent. Inserts are provided to removably interfit into one or more of the microfeatures of the chip, wherein the inserts include sites for interactions with the reagent. As will be seen from the following description, the microfluidic chip and the inserts provide an efficient and accurate approach for conducting parallel assays.

A method is provided for fabricating a porous elastomer, the method comprising the steps of: providing a predetermined amount of a liquid elastomer and a predetermined amount of a porogen; mixing the liquid elastomer and the porogen in vacuum until a homogenous emulsion without phase separation is formed; curing the homogenous emulsion until polymerizations of the emulsion is reached, thereby forming a cured emulsion; and removing the porogen from the cured emulsion. The method can advantageously be used for forming biocompatible porous elastomers and biocompatible porous membranes.

An extrudable and weldable matrix alloy composite comprising: a) a base material metal of about 50 to 99.9% by weight, b) boron carbide or silicon carbide of about 0.1 to 50% by weight, c) less than about 3.0% by weight of at least one metal having an intermetallic phase temperature lower than the melting point of the base material metal, and d) a reinforcement agent of up to about 5% by weight.

The systems and methods described herein include a microfluidic chip having a plurality of microfeatures interconnected to provide a configurable fluid transport system for processing at least one reagent. Inserts are provided to removably interfit into one or more of the microfeatures of the chip, wherein the inserts include sites for interactions with the reagent. As will be seen from the following description, the microfluidic chip and the inserts provide an efficient and accurate approach for conducting parallel assays.

A semiconductor device having an electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM) comprises a contactless array of EEPROM memory cells disposed in rows and columns and constructed over a silicon-on-insulator wafer. Each EEPROM memory cell comprises a drain region, a source region, a gate region, and a body region. The semiconductor device further comprises a plurality of gate lines each connecting the gate regions of a row of EEPROM memory cells, a plurality of body lines each connecting the body regions of a column of EEPROM memory cells, a plurality of source lines each connecting the source regions of a column of EEPROM memory cells, and a plurality of drain lines each connecting the drain regions of a column of EEPROM memory cells. The source lines and the drain lines are buried lines, and the source regions and the drain regions of a column of EEPROM memory cells are insulated from the source regions and the drain regions of the adjacent columns of EEPROM memory cells.

A semiconductor device having an electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM) comprises a contactless array of EEPROM memory cells disposed in rows and columns and constructed over a silicon-on-insulator wafer. Each EEPROM memory cell comprises a drain region, a source region, a gate region, and a body region. The semiconductor device further comprises a plurality of gate lines each connecting the gate regions of a row of EEPROM memory cells, a plurality of body lines each connecting the body regions of a column of EEPROM memory cells, a plurality of source lines each connecting the source regions of a column of EEPROM memory cells, and a plurality of drain lines each connecting the drain regions of a column of EEPROM memory cells. The source lines and the drain lines are buried lines, and the source regions and the drain regions of a column of EEPROM memory cells are insulated from the source regions and the drain regions of the adjacent columns of EEPROM memory cells.

The radiation properties and wave guiding properties of frequency selective surfaces are used in conjunction with closely spaced antenna elements to fabricate antenna structures having adjustable radiation characteristics. The direction, magnitude, and polarization of radiation patterns for such antenna structures can be adjusted by varying the texture or patterning of layers of conducting material forming the frequency selective surfaces. The invention enables the fabrication of low profile antenna structures that can easily be conformed or integrated into complex surfaces without sacrificing antenna performance.

The radiation properties and wave guiding properties of frequency selective surfaces are used in conjunction with closely spaced antenna elements to fabricate antenna structures having adjustable radiation characteristics. The direction, magnitude, and polarization of radiation patterns for such antenna structures can be adjusted by varying the texture or patterning of layers of conducting material forming the frequency selective surfaces. The invention enables the fabrication of low profile antenna structures that can easily be conformed or integrated into complex surfaces without sacrificing antenna performance.

A pet drinking aid includes a cap defining an axial passage therewithin. Preferred embodiments of the cap include securing means for detachably securing the cap to a fluid container and an inwardly directed flange. The securing structure may include helical threads, an elastomeric sleeve or the like. The cap further includes a ball positioned within the axial passage of said cap and, in a preferred embodiment a biasing structure mounted relative to the cap within the axial passage. The biasing structure advantageously engages the ball to bias the ball toward the inwardly directed flange. The ball is preferably captured within the axial passage between the inwardly directed flange and the biasing structure, and the ball is capable of rotatable movement and limited axial movement against the bias of the biasing structure. The biasing structure may include a compression spring, a foam member or the like. In an alternative embodiment, the biasing means is omitted and the cap includes an inwardly directed ridge extending from the cap's inner surface at an axial location intermediate the first and second ends of the cap.

In a shape memory alloy actuator driving device, a predetermined constant current is applied to a shape memory alloy member as a retrieval signal to detect a terminal voltage of the shape memory alloy member, and a detection result of the terminal voltage is compared with a target voltage value to be calculated based on a target resistance value of the shape memory alloy member and a value of the constant current to cause a driving circuit to output, to the shape memory alloy member, a drive current that makes the detection result substantially equal to the target voltage value.

A semiconductor package is provided. The package includes a package substrate with a first surface and a second surface on the opposite side, and a plurality of via sets connecting vertically the first surface with the second surface, said via sets having a plurality of micro vias and filled with conductive material. The micro vias are grouped together, and the distance between micro vias in the via set is smaller than the distance between neighboring via sets.

A touch panel equipped with both a capacitive sensor and a piezoelectric sensor, wherein the touch panel solves the problems of increased panel thickness, changes in the optical properties, and increased manufacturing costs. This touch panel is provided with force measurement using a piezoelectric body and capacitive point detection. The force measurement uses a pair of electrodes arranged with the piezoelectric body sandwiched therebetween. The point detection uses one electrode and another electrode. At least one top electrode is disposed on the side of the top surface of the piezoelectric body, and at least one bottom electrode is disposed on the side of the bottom surface of the piezoelectric body. One electrode among the pair of electrodes used in force measurement is a bottom electrode, and at least one electrode among the two electrodes used in point detection is a top electrode.

This invention relates to hetero-phase polyolefin compositions comprising: a) 30 to 99.7 wt % of a polypropylene-based TPO comprising at least 50 wt % propylene and at least 10 wt % ethylene, and b) 0.1 to 20 wt % of one or more non-functionalized plasticizer, and c) 0.2 to 50 wt % of one or more filler; based upon the weight of the composition, and having: i) an MFR of 5 dg / min or more, and ii) a flexural modulus of 500 MPa or more, and iii) a notched Charpy impact strength at −30° C. of 1 kJ / m2 or more or a notched Izod impact strength at −18° C. of 50 J / m or more.These compositions are especially useful in applications such as automotive parts that demand both high stiffness and high impact toughness, as well as good processibility during fabrication.

A crystalline semiconductor layer can be formed by forming a semiconductor film on an inexpensive conventional substrate. Next, perform a first annealing process in which nearly the entire surface of the semiconductor film is exposed to laser irradiation or other forms of irradiation, and then perform a second annealing process consisting of rapid thermal annealing. This enables the formation of a high quality crystalline semiconductor film with high throughput but without subjecting the substrate to undue thermal stress. When this invention is applied to thin film transistors, good transistors having high performance are easily fabricated. When this invention is applied to solar cells, energy conversion efficiency is increased.

A heat sink layer is formed on portions of a substrate, and then an amorphous silicon layer is formed thereon. The heat coefficient of the heat sink layer is greater than that of the substrate. When an excimer laser heats the amorphous silicon layer to crystallize the amorphous silicon, nucleation sites are formed in the amorphous silicon layer on the heat sink layer. Next, laterally expanding crystallization occurs in the amorphous silicon layer on the substrate to form polysilicon having a crystal size of a micrometer.

Provided is an internal hybrid electrochemical cell comprising: (A) a pseudocapacitance cathode comprising a cathode active material that contains both graphene sheets and a porphyrin complex, wherein said porphyrin complex is bonded to or supported by primary surfaces of said graphene sheets to form a redox pair for pseudocapacitance; (B) a battery-like anode comprising lithium metal, lithium metal alloy, or a prelithiated anode active material (e.g. prelithiated Si, SiO, Sn, SnO2, etc.), and (C) a lithium-containing electrolyte in physical contact with the anode and the cathode; wherein the cathode active material has a specific surface area no less than 100 m2 / g which is in direct physical contact with the electrolyte.

The invention is directed towards a method for forming openings in low-k dielectric layers and a structure for forming an opening thereof. A mask layer comprising at least one metal hard mask layer and one or more hard mask layers is applied on the dielectric layer for forming the opening.

In a shape memory alloy actuator driving device, a predetermined constant current is applied to a shape memory alloy member as a retrieval signal to detect a terminal voltage of the shape memory alloy member, and a detection result of the terminal voltage is compared with a target voltage value to be calculated based on a target resistance value of the shape memory alloy member and a value of the constant current to cause a driving circuit to output, to the shape memory alloy member, a drive current that makes the detection result substantially equal to the target voltage value.

An annealing apparatus includes a gas tight hollow main body, a conveying apparatus and a gas grid. A heating apparatus and a cooling apparatus are installed at an inlet and an outlet of the main body, respectively. The gas grid is installed between the inlet and the outlet to blow the protecting gas into the main body, so as to form a gas screen. The conveying apparatus extends to the inlet and the outlet to convey process material such as heat pipe. Thereby, an open, non-pressure differential environment is established for performing annealing on the process material.

Disclosed is a method for the synthesis of silicon carbide (SiC) bodies having a relative density of 99% or higher and a SiC body synthesized according to the method.

A system for monitoring and controlling the deposition of thin films employed in semiconductor fabrication is provided. The system includes one or more acoustic and / or ultrasonic wave sources, each source directing waves onto one or more thin films deposited on a wafer. Waves reflected from the thin film is collected by a monitoring system, which processes the collected waves. Waves passing through the thin film may similarly be collected by the monitoring system, which processes the collected waves. The collected waves are indicative of the presence of impurities and / or defects in the deposited thin film. The monitoring system analyzes and provides the collected wave data to a processor, which determines whether adjustments to thin film deposition parameters are needed. The system also includes a plurality of thin film deposition devices associated with depositing thin films on the wafer. The processor selectively controls thin film deposition parameters and devices to facilitate regulating deposition.

It is an object of the invention to provide a curing resin composition that scarcely causes pollution of a liquid crystal owing to elution of its components to the liquid crystal material and therefore, causes little unevenness of color in liquid crystal display in the case of using it as a sealant for a liquid crystal display element or an end-sealing material for a liquid crystal display element in fabrication of a liquid crystal display element and that is excellent in the storage stability and therefore, optimum for fabrication of a display apparatus especially by one drop fill process and to provide a sealant for a display element and an end-sealing material for a display element using the composition. The invention provides a curing resin composition to be used for a sealant or an end-sealing material for a display element, which comprises a curing resin together with a photopolymerization initiator and / or a curing agent and, has a carbonyl group derived from a (meth)acryl group together with an epoxy group and / or a hydroxyl group derived from an epoxy group and, a cured product of which has nitrogen atoms at a ratio of 3 to 10% by atom in the total of carbon atoms, hydrogen atoms and nitrogen atoms in the composition; a volume resistance of 1×1013 Ω·cm or higher; a dielectric constant of 3 or higher at 100 kHz; and a glass transition temperature of 80 to 150° C.

A tissue retractor assembly is provided having a cannula which houses a grasper and an anchor, the grasper extended axially from the cannula, the grasper having legs for gripping tissue and a locking ring for locking the legs, and an anchor having sharpened legs, the grasper being secured and adjusted relative to the anchor by a length of suture. Another tissue retractor assembly is provided having a cannula which houses an anchor, a wire form and a grasper, the wire form a coiled spring which expands radially, and a grasper for pulling tissue through the form. A further retractor assembly is provided having a cannula which houses an anchor and a grasper, the grasper a loop of suture configured to grasp and tighten around tissue. Another tissue retractor assembly is provided having a cannula which houses a first and second graspers, the graspers defined by C-shaped clips.

An apparatus for feeding an inner wrapper for an inner pack in a cigarette package has a rotatable web roll (R) formed by winding a web for the inner wrapper. The web has aluminum foil and a paper layer laminated onto the aluminum foil and containing menthol. The feeding apparatus further includes a scraper roller (45) for removing the menthol from the outer circumferential surface of the web roll (R), namely the surface of the aluminum foil. The scraper roller (45) has a plurality of scrapers (55) arranged in the outer circumferential surface thereof, the scrapers (55) being brought into contact with the outer circumferential surface of the web roll (R). The scrapers (55) are made of felt material.

A pet drinking aid is disclosed that includes a cap defining an axial passage therewithin. Preferred embodiments of the cap include securing means for detachably securing the cap to a fluid container and an inwardly directed flange. The securing means may include helical threads, an elastomeric sleeve or the like. The cap further includes a ball positioned within the axial passage of said cap and, in a preferred embodiment, biasing means mounted relative to the cap within the axial passage. The biasing means advantageously engages the ball to bias the ball toward the inwardly directed flange. The ball is preferably captured within the axial passage between the inwardly directed flange and the biasing means, and the ball is capable of rotatable movement and limited axial movement against the bias of the biasing means. The biasing means may include a compression spring, a foam member or the like. In an alternative embodiment, the biasing means is omitted and the cap includes an inwardly directed ridge extending from the cap's inner surface at an axial location intermediate the first and second ends of the cap.

A specimen fabrication apparatus including: a specimen chamber, a sample stage in the specimen chamber, to mount a specimen substrate, a transfer unit to extract a micro-specimen from the specimen substrate, and to transfer the micro-specimen, within the specimen chamber; a specimen holder in the specimen chamber, to receive the micro-specimen from the transfer unit, and to have the micro-specimen affixed thereto, and an irradiating optical system to irradiate an ion beam to the specimen substrate or to the micro-specimen affixed to the specimen holder, wherein the transfer unit effects transfer of the micro-specimen from the specimen substrate to the specimen holder, and the irradiating optical system irradiates the ion beam onto the micro-specimen affixed to the specimen holder, while the specimen chamber remains substantially sealed.